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Ghana: Net flows on external debt, long-term

949.15Mcurrent USD · 2025-66.2% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Ghana from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025949,150,000
2024206,400,000
2023-1,445,506,000
2022-1,929,353,000
20214,473,453,000
20205,610,400,000
2019-3,403,059,000
20181,238,135,000
2017-2,303,567,000
20164,168,312,000
20152,807,646,000
20141,170,328,000
20134,252,353,000
20121,727,762,000
20112,607,284,000
20104,410,944,000
20091,871,445,000
20081,947,425,000
20072,083,124,000
20061,920,404,000
20051,122,806,000
2004334,452,000
2003-43,250,000
2002175,521,000
2001503,183,000
2000182,728,000
1999125,830,000
1998351,836,000
1997416,872,000
1996694,264,000
1995405,117,000
1994302,400,000
1993323,968,000
1992353,589,000
1991388,445,000
1990294,330,000
1989245,190,000
1988284,411,000
1987263,155,000
1986298,865,000
1985127,740,000
198447,069,000
198386,727,000
198271,707,000
198175,860,000
1980142,969,000
197995,025,000
197868,835,000
197792,479,000
197611,303,000
1975-4,902,000
197416,820,000
197321,041,000
197234,082,000
197124,675,000
197027,715,000

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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